SZ/OEMU/47/21/3 - Lethal effect of artillery fire. Trials at School of Artillery, 17-21/10/43, 23/3/44

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/21/3

Level of description

Item

Title

Lethal effect of artillery fire. Trials at School of Artillery, 17-21/10/43, 23/3/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

7 leaves

Creator

Great Britain. Army. Army Operational Research Group.

Scope and content

A.C. 6221

SD/FP. 238

A.O.R.G. Report 180

A.O.R.G. Report 122 Part II

Describes trials in which dummy targets standing and prone were exposed to fire from high explosive weapons. Lethal areas for each projectile were calculated on the basis that a splinter wound half an inch deep was equivalent to an incapacitated man.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/21 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Anti-personnel shells]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/21/3 - Lethal effect of artillery fire. Trials at School of Artillery, 17-21/10/43, 23/3/44

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